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aQuantive, Inc., a digital marketing services and technology company, announced that LINDA J. SRERE and JAYNIE M. STUDENMUND have joined the company's board of directors. Srere, currently a marketing and advertising consultant, brings extensive experience to aQuantive. Most recently, she served as president of Young & Rubicam Advertising. Most recently, Studenmund served as chief operating officer of Overture Services, Inc., helping the search-based products and tools provider grow quarterly revenues from $50 million to $300 million, and expand into 12 international markets.
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PricewaterhouseCoopers named senior partner R. WAYNE JACKSON as global leader of the firm’s entertainment and media practice. Jackson will oversee PricewaterhouseCoopers’ assurance, tax, and advisory work with many of the entertainment and media industry’s leading companies. He will spearhead the PricewaterhouseCoopers entertainment & media practice’s business development, marketing, communications and knowledge management efforts. Jackson replaces outgoing entertainment and media practice global leader KEVIN CARTON, who will retire from the firm on June 30, 2004.
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Business.com made two additions to its East coast sales team, WILL SUAREZ and JOSEPH SABOL, as directors of sales. Most recently, Suarez was East coast sales manager of AvantGo Mobile Internet service. Previously, he served as northeast sales manager of Engage Media. Sabol most recently worked as the national online sales director of InfoWorld.
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Scholastic, a preK-12 educational publisher and global children’s publishing and media company, today announced the appointment of FRANK WHITE to director, New York City for Scholastic Education. Prior to joining Scholastic, White was president of The E2 Consulting Group in New York City, focusing on market analysis and concept development services for information and instructional technology companies.
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JOHN DONNELLY has been promoted at GOLF Magazine to associate publisher, elevated from advertising director. Additionally, BRAD FELENSTEIN, a fifteen-year veteran of GOLF Magazine, has been named director of business development; RON MULLIKEN, formerly Southeastern manager, has been named Northeastern manager, and will oversee the magazine’s New York sales operations; and DAN ROBERTSON previously director, national golf equipment advertising, was recently named as VP, director of sales at This Old House Ventures.
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Wyse Technology appointed industry veteran MAX TOY as chief operating officer. Toy began his career at IBM, where he established the successful Independent Dealer Channel program for the newly launched IBM Personal Computer and was then recruited by Compaq Computer Corporation to build its sales and marketing organization. Most recently, Toy was president of Wyse’s software subsidiary, Rapport Technologies.
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Tapestry, the multicultural division of Starcom MediaVest Group, announced the promotion of MARLA SKIKO to director of investment from a general market media executive at SMG working on Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Kellogg, Minute Maid and the Miller Brewing Co. account.
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ROB LARSON has been promoted to director of product management and development for NYTimes.com. In this new role, he will manage the various products for NYTimes.com's current verticals as well as the development of new ones. Previously, Larson was director of information architecture.
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Forbes.com promoted MICHAEL SMITH from chief technology officer to vice president and general manager of operations. He will continue to oversee all of Forbes.com’s activities in the areas of production, audience development, and ad serving.
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Bartle Bogle Hegarty has hired LISA PARK as associate media director. Park replaces former AMD MARINA ROARK and will lead the media development process within BBH. Lisa most recently worked at the Wolf Group as associate media director.